Rachel Carney

United Kingdom (residence)
research interests: poetry, art, museum, Museum Art, creative writing, History
affiliation: Cardiff University and Aberystwyth University
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Rachel Carney is a poet, PhD student and creative writing facilitator. Her PhD examines the use of creative writing as a tool for engagement in art museums, and she is working in partnership with National Museum Wales. She is based at Cardiff University, with co-supervision from Aberystwyth University, funded by the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership. She has MAs in Creative Writing and Museum Studies, and has worked for a number of years in museums. Her poems, reviews and articles have been published widely, and two of her poems have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. https://createdtoread.com/

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  • The application of creative practice as a means of disrupting or re-defining the dynamics of power in, with or for different communities. (2022) author(s): Sabrin Hasbun, Gareth Osborne, Rachel Carney, Julika Gittner, Catherine Cartwright, agnes villette, Harry Matthews published in: Journal for Artistic Research
    In this exposition, seven research practitioners investigate how creative practice can be applied as a form of knowledge production in order to disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts. These applications of creative practice take varied and complex forms, often transferring creativity from the practitioner-researcher to their participants, increasing participant agency or re-defining existing hierarchies, as they form, empower, and enlighten real and conceptual communities. This collaborative exposition has been developed through presentations and discussions over the course of two years. Although each researcher applies different methodologies to their individual projects, our work as a group followed a pattern of creative practice, reflection, and reformulation, as we responded to each other’s research, creating a research community of our own. We want to emphasize that creative practice can not only disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts, but that it can do this in an infinite number of ways. In this variety and adaptability lies the potential of creative research.
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